American University

As of September 2021, phase two of "AU's Plan For Inclusive Excellence" states that it would "Continue to enhance culturally responsive student recruitment strategies by continuing to partner with organizations focused on education access for BIPOC and low-income students."

As of September 2021, phase two of "AU's Plan For Inclusive Excellence" states that it would "Develop and launch recurring inclusive hiring training for senior leadership, staff managers, and faculty search committee chairs" and "Include DEI training in new staff orientation."

The College of Arts and Sciences launched The Antiracist Curriculum Development Initiative. The school said, "This initiative seeks an increase in the number of CAS courses that take an antiracist perspective in content and pedagogy...we can do more to apply academic rigor to investigating structures of systemic racism and white supremacy in society and in our academic disciplines. As a College, we are committed to further progress in this area, and are making available resources to help with antiracist curriculum development at several levels. We welcome your suggestions for other tools." The college will also endeavor to specially designate all courses relating to race and racism. The initiative also provides suggestions to faculty on implementing "Antiracism in the Humanities Classroom," "Antiracism in the STEM Classroom," and "Antiracism in the Arts Classroom."

The University has a Department of Critical Race, Gender & Culture Studies (CRGC) which it describes as a "vibrant and inclusive community of faculty and students that explores diverse voices, histories, and experiences through socially engaged scholarship."

As of September 2021, phase two of "AU's Plan For Inclusive Excellence" states that it would "Pilot [an] antiracist curricular development project in at least three schools and colleges, with student input."

As of September 2021, phase two of "AU's Plan For Inclusive Excellence" states that it would "Review AU’s Diversity and Equity (DIV) courses to increase breadth across fields and disciplines."

AU outlines its bias reporting system and states that students would "find information about bias and how the University will respond if it becomes aware of a bias related incident."

First Antiracist Research and Policy Center (ARPC) was created by Dr. Ibram X. Kendi.

The Antiracism Center has finalized its faculty affiliate team who will engage in the work of antiracism across the university.

As part of "The Antiracist Curriculum Development Initiative," the College of Arts and Sciences will provide ". Support for antiracist curriculum development," specifically through "Expert workshops on antiracism and pedagogy" and "Antiracist Curriculum Development Grants" (up to $1,500).

The Antiracist Research and Policy Center at American University "generates scholarly research, educational tools, and policy analysis geared towards dismantling racism in its many forms." The Center builds "multidisciplinary initiatives for fostering racial justice, decolonial politics, and intersectional liberation by forging relationships across AU and with external changemakers in the DC region and beyond."

As of September 2021, phase two of "AU's Plan For Inclusive Excellence" states that it would "Support the Antiracist Research and Policy Center in hiring an executive director and providing sufficient staffing and funding to support the center’s mission."

On July 7, 2020, the Office of the President announced that the AU Police Department would "hold implicit bias training[s]" that summer "in line with their enhanced fair and equitable policing policy."

As of September 2021, phase two of "AU's Plan For Inclusive Excellence" states that it would "Build and implement an enhanced training plan for all AU Police Department officers on implicit bias, fair and equitable policing, and racial profiling."

The university hosted a "TEACH-IN on Antiracism in School Counseling" conference. The event description partially reads, "School counselors are often on the frontlines of combating racism, whether it be in P-12 or higher education settings. Racist and oppressive practices are systematically and structurally embedded within schools' policies, norms, and practices to the detriment of Black/Brown, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC)...This Teach-In will explore the systemic and structural presence of racism within the field of school counseling with an eye towards increasing participants’ understanding and ability to enact an anti-racist approach in their work." Resources provided included "Infusing an Antiracist Framework Into School-Family-Community Partnerships" and "Interrupting Racism: Equity & Social Justice in School Counseling."

The Center for Postsecondary Readiness and Success "strives to advance antiracist school counseling and college/career advising practices, pedagogy and policies." The center hosted "Antiracist School Counseling: A Call to Action Webinar" and "An Antiracist Foundation to School Counseling: Students’ Mindsets & Behaviors."

The university library has created an Antiracist Praxis, with a section on Racial Justice in Education. Subsection titles include "Antiracist Pedagogy and Praxis," "Antiracist Assessment," and "Being an Ally."

The university library's "Antiracist Praxis" has a section on "Knowing, Doing, and Being." Subsection titles include "Decoloniality," "Implicit Bias," "Allyship," and "Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion."

The School of Education hosted the "Summer Institute on Education Equity and Justice." One session explored "how perpetuating the 'model minority' myth further fosters systemic racism, ultimately perpetuating white dominance. Attendees will learn how this often overlooked myth can impact our abilities to deepen our understanding in becoming anti-racists leaders."

The School of Education offers an "Anti-Racist Administration Supervision and Leadership Certificate Program," which awards program participants a "Leaders Drive Equity in Education" virtual certificate. Participants will work with "Course instructors whose work is guided by AU’s Antiracist Research and Policy Center."

The School of Education has launched a new "Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Antiracism" as well as a new, ad-hoc committee.